PANAMA CITY – After undergoing a “complete renovation” the former AMC Classic Panama City Mall movie theater is set to re-open this summer as Mall Cinemas. The company is still working to upgrade the projection and audio in the theater and install “luxury” auditorium seating.
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PANAMA CITY – BCSO saw smaller crowds this Spring Break. Lt. Chad King said, however, the department still kept busy with some criminal activity. Police credit the current alcohol ban for the reduced crowd sizes.
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FOUNTAIN, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – Bay County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested two Fountain residents Thursday on multiple drug and child abuse charges. Investigators say they served a search warrant on the home in Fountain after an infant reportedly was found sleeping near meth and marijuana.
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PANAMA CITY — A Panama City man who reportedly collided with a Panama City Police Officer Saturday was seriously injured. According to Florida Highway Patrol the 61 year old allegedly ran stop sign at the intersection of N. East Avenue and Game Farm Road. The officer was treated for minor injures.
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PANAMA CITY — Fun on the water turned scary this weekend for one PC boater. The News Herald reports a woman had fallen off a sail boat Saturday and had to be pulled from the water by a good samaritan vessel. They were taken to St. Andrews State Park,
where emergency medical crews were waiting.
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A new, and, in some ways, old form of entertainment is coming to Panama City. VIP Cinemas recently announced the former AMC Classic Panama City movie theater will reopen this summer. The theater will be renamed Mall Cinemas, and the “News Herald” reports it will feature the newest in Hollywood entertainment, technical upgrades and luxury seating. The 40-year-old theater has been closed since January.

A man is dead after what appears to be a drowning. The 43-year-old Mississippi resident was unconscious and unresponsive when pulled from the water in the Gulf off Destin Beach this weekend. A witness told Okaloosa County deputies the man was on a Boogie Board and appeared to be in trouble. The man was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Two homes are destroyed after what fire officials call a bizarre week. A fire in Lynn Haven yesterday morning destroyed two homes on Ravenwood Court and damaged another. No one was hurt, but the homeowner tells ‘News Channel 7’ some of their cats died. This is the second major fire in the last week, and fire officials tell ‘News 13’ that’s unusual.

Two homes are destroyed after what fire officials call a bizarre week. A fire in Lynn Haven yesterday morning destroyed two homes on Ravenwood Court and damaged another. No one was hurt, but the homeowner tells ‘News Channel 7’ some of their cats died. This is the second major fire in the last week, and fire officials tell ‘News 13’ that’s unusual.